Quest
for IndependenceSpring 1998 (AI
6.1)

Front Cover:Photo
taken by famous photojournalist "Reza,"
an Azerbaijani from Iran, while on assignment to cover Cory Aquino's
Presidential election in Manila in 1986. Incumbent President,
Ferdinand Marcos, had surrounded his palace with barbed wire
and soldiers. When the Revolution broke out, people cut the wire
for souvenirs to symbolize the end of 20 years of repression.

Yellow ribbons symbolized support for
Aquino, widow of the assassinated Filipino opposition leader.
Aquino claimed that Marcos' victory was fraud, and the Filipinos
became so outraged that they forced him to leave the Philippines
on his Inauguration Day, February 25. Aquino became President
from 1986 to 1992. For more about "Reza"
and his photojournalism, see articles beginning on page 33 and
38.

Back Cover: "Spring
Day in Baku." A child's perception of Spring in Baku by
Kamilla Hajiyeva Tsiperovich, 8 years old.